SOLUTION: The admission fee at an amusement park is $ 1.50 for children and $ 4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 294 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled $716 .
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Question 912566: The admission fee at an amusement park is $ 1.50 for children and $ 4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 294 people entered the park, and the admission fees collected totaled $716 . How many children and how many adults were admitted? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x the number of adults
4x + 1.50(294-x) = 716
2.5x = 716 - 441
x = (716-441)/2.5 = 110, the number of adults. Children 184
And..checking
$440 + $276 = $716
